CI264-Language-Arts-Instruction-Spring - Syllabus and Course Calendar

Syllabus for Spring 2012

Note: This calendar is subject to change.These adjustments will only be made when feedback from students and the instructor’s formative assessments determine they are necessary. The adjustments will be made in a clear and timely fashion, will take students’ thoughts and needs into consideration.

Date	Topic	Assignment/Preparation
Pre-session		Print Course Syllabus, Get Course Texts, Review Lit Circle Novels, Get a Writer’s Notebook
Session 1 Tue. 1/15/13	Course Overview Syllabus Review What are the Language Arts?
Session 2 Thurs. 1/17/13	Building a Community for Literacy Learning Launching Literature Circles in the Classroom	Read Ch. 2 LA and Ch. 1, 25 Essential Strategies complete a 3,2,1 Review Bring a text that can be used for Community Building (see 1/15 PP for ideas) Join the Course Wiki
Tue. 1/22/13	Planning for Literacy Instruction- Reviewing Common Core Standards for ELA The Workshop Approach Teacher as Writer Writer’s Craft	Sign up for a picture book literature circle group and obtain the book (library or purchase) *Read Level about Leveling* (Wiki)**
Session 3 Thurs. 1/24/13 with 264	Critical Literacy Writer’s Workshop- Exploring Types of Writing	*Critical Literacy of a 1st Grade Classroom* (Wiki)
Session 4 Tue. 1/29/13	Literature Circles and Reader Response Literature Focus Unit
Session 5 Thurs. 1/31/13	Field trip to McLean County History Museum Follow up	*Museum Literacies of a Third Grade Classroom* (Wiki article)
Session 6 Tue. 2/5/13	Emergent Reading and Writing Reading Like a Writer Memoirs/Personal Narratives	Read LA, Ch 3 Emergent Literacy and Beginning Reading and Writing Strategies Presentations: Concepts about Print, Emergent Reading and Writing
Session 7 Thurs. 2/7/13	Continuation from Tues. Literature Focus Unit Work Time	*Bring laptops for group work*
Session 8 Tue. 2/12/13	Clinicals	Post on the Wiki Discussion Board and Respond to 2 other posts
Session 9 Thurs. 2/14/13	Clinical Debriefing Writer’s Craft- Crafting a Setting Reader’s Workshop- Comprehension	*Strategies Presentation: Phonics Phonemic Awareness*
Session 10 Tue. 2/19/13	Readers and Writers Workshop: Point of View Literature Focus Unit Work	*Read Ch. 1 Fluency* (Wiki) Strategies Presentations: Fluency Writer’s Craft: Story Structure**
Session 11 Thurs. 2/21/13	Literature Focus Unit Presentations	Submit PowerPoint and Spreadsheet in Dropbox
Session 12 Tue. 2/26/13	Building a Rich Vocabulary	Read Ch. 4, Working with Words *Strategies Presentation: Vocabulary* *Writer’s Craft: Word Choice*
Session 13 Thurs. 2/28/13	Comprehension Developing Characters
Session 14 Tue. 3/5/13	Comprehension Voice
Session 15 Thurs. 3/7/13	Point of View
Week of 3/12/13	Spring Break
Session 16 Tue. 3/19/13	Visual Literacy	Wiki Article
Session 17 Thurs. 3/21/13	Visual Literacy
Session 18 Tue. 3/26/13	Speaking and Listening Crafting Leads Introduce Listening Center Guidelines	Read Ch. 10, 11, LA, Speaking and Listening
Session 19 Thurs. 3/28/13	Non-fiction Writing
Week of 4/2/13	Clinicals
Week of 4/8/13	Clinicals
Week of 4/16/13	Clinicals
Session 20 Tue. 4/23/13	Clinical Debriefing Integrated Unit
Session 21 Thurs. 4/24/13	Working with Families	Wiki Article
Session 23 Tue. 4/30/13	TBD
Session 24 Thurs. 5/2/13	Writing Celebration	Integrated Unit Due on Livetext Listening Center Due in Dropbox Published Writing Piece Due
Finals TBA